I've been there, never enough to make me consider suicide, but enough to make me miserable as ****. Still get angry every time I hear about it in the news.

The whole problem with bullying is that the bullies often hit people who are isolated and vulnerable, like outcasts or loners, who would otherwise escape the notice or sympathy of most other people. For the bullies, they make the best 'acceptable' targets; after all who cares about them?

Looking for adults to end bullying almost never helps; they can't be everywhere at once, and the bullies take advantage of that by picking on their victims when no one's looking.

Even if you did find one, telling adults that you are bullied often never works; adults generally forget or ignore their youthful experiences, and fail to understand the full extent of the problem of bullying.

To my experience, 'Counselors' would tell you unhelpful advice, like telling the bullies they're hurting your feelings (Ha, like they care).

Teachers and headmasters would at best, give warnings to bullies (that never works), or try to play down and cover up the bullying, shut up, pretend it never happens, because it hurts their school's reputation or some other convoluted reason. As we had probably heard so many times, they even end up punishing the victim for fighting back, especially when the bully lie through their teeth and make the victim look like the aggressor.

Hell, some of those morons even believed act as bullies' apologists, saying that bullying builds character in the bullied; it's madness, really, as bullying often breaks characters than build them; how can any of the bullied build character if they can't fight back, like in most cases? There are hundreds of kids who would say otherwise to those bully apologists; except they can't say anything because they had taken their own life.

In short, nearly every possible scenario, adults are USELESS to be depended on to end bullying. And the bullies would actively isolate the their victims further so they can continue their physical and emotional abuse without interference. No wonder so many bullied kids ended up committing suicide - there was no one who can help them. There was no way out for them.

The key to stop bullying is to teach little kids (or adults, if the bullying occurs at workplace) how not to become isolated victims.

For physical abuse, if you are being hit by them, hit them back and hit them hard - a beating and/or a suspension is worth it if it makes the bullies clear you can defend yourself and they'll get hurt themselves hurting you. To make it stick learn some martial arts and kick their rear ends to oblivion.

For emotional abuse, if they spread lies and rumors about you, actively fight to disprove it instead of soaking up the humiliation. If they attack you with insults and taunts, ignore them and give them the silent treatment - getting frustrated and insulting back, or emotionally hurt, is exactly what they want to see in you; they'll get bored if you are completely non-responsive to anything they say PERIOD.

Be confident and build self-esteem; be active and extrovert, to avoid being an outcast and loner, and above all, MAKE FRIENDS (real wholesome friends who won't abandon you, and especially not with the bullies since you'll probably still get picked on in-group), perhaps with those who are also victims of bullying. This is to protect yourself by dilution or group defense; it worked in nature against predators, so it'll work against bullies. They would also act as emotional support from trauma caused by bullies.

Ultimately, the entire point is the victim must make a clear message to the bullies that they are not easy targets, and that it'll cost them more to bully you and benefit them more to leave you alone. They will, if you play your cards right (and don't go too far to become a bully yourself).

this happened to my friends brother exactly what the picture sais bullies only bully on people they know are too kind to fight back or are weaker than them they make you feel bad about yourself just for there satisfaction SO DONT GIVE THEM IT STAND UP FOR YOURSELF THERE NO BETTER THAN YOU THEY PUT OTHERS DOWN TO MAKE THEMSELVES FEEL GOOD !